explant

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. eks plant, -plänt; n. eksplant′, -plänt′)


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ex•plant  (v. eks plant, -plänt;n. eksplant′, -plänt′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. Laboratoryto take living material from an animal or plant and place it in a culture medium.

n. 
  1. Laboratorya piece of explanted tissue.
  • Neo-Latin explantāre. See ex-1, plant
  • 1570–80
ex′plan•tation, n. 


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